Book signing w/ PW, (pioneer woman) Ree Drummonds

So my friend and co-worker Heather sent me this blog called Pioneer woman...hmm, ok, well I am not a pioneer and far from it, I'm from the city suburbs and even though I dream about living in the country,  we don't really live in it, (although surrounded by it) so I thought ok, lets see what this country girl has.  Well, she has a huge website full of information. I don't know how she comes up with all of it. She is a jack (or Jill) of all trades. SHE IS JUST LIKE ME!!!! (well, to an extent) I was soo excited. She cooks, does crafts, takes pictures, and etc. She was a city girl who married a country boy, ahhhh. haha...but thats ok,  I love my finance man! Anyway, she just published her cookbook, so Heather and I drove to Houston to go to her book signing. She spoke to everyone for a short while and then began her hour(s) long book sigining part. On a side note, while she was talking to everyone, I got to talk to a few other ladies there and they all coveted my camera. hehe. I felt so cool. We had a few hours to wait till we had to get in line for the signing (they gave us color coded cards that had assigned times) so we went to the Katy Mills mall (love that place) and did a lil window shopping.(wink wink). When we got back to the signing we only had to wait about 10 mins. Awesome. (we had heard that in Dallas, people had to wait in line 7 hrs). Ree was so nice, although we didn't really get to talk to her, we were so excited to meet her in person. Oh, and a perk for going to see her at the book signing was that we got super cute shirts that say pioneer woman on it and it also has her book tour on the back (sounds weird I know, but its super cute). Be sure to check out her website, its a wealth of knowledge, photos and tons of funny stories. Here are a few pics from the day.

PW during the question and answer time.

More questions and answers

Heather in line waiting

Me in line waiting. (yes, that is a rubber ducky in my hand. We gave it to PW b/c it was maroon from aggieland, or bath and body works, but he was maroon, so he was automatically an aggie.)

Heather, Ree (PW) and Me. 

 

                              PW and Me. ( I look so nervous, I'm such a dweeb)

The Jacksons

This weekend Matt & I went back to our old Alma Mater in Ruston, La. Even though we did not make the game, we got to see a lot of our old friends from college. We actually went to take family and birthday pictures of my best friends from college, the Jackson's. DeJunne' and I have been best friends from day one of college. REALLY! I miss her and her husband greatly, especially her lil boy Noah, but she is unwilling to move to Texas anytime soon. haha. So we will just have to visit more often. Thanks to Aarin for letting me borrow your flash, I can't believe I forgot mine.

                                             
             Noah in his daddy's shoes and hat. Isn't he precious!

Our Anniversary!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY HONEY!
Today is my 3 year anniversary with my best friend, dance partner, counselor, secret keeper, travel confidant, photo assistant, college sweetheart, and everything under the sun! Its been a wonderful 3 years, everyday is a new exciting adventure. I look to the 99 more years we have together! LOVE YOU MATT! 

 

The Meier Family

This weekend I had a couple of photo sessions so I am trying to finally get them posted. Here is the Meier family. I work with Dave and he so graciously bid (& won) on my photo session that I had offered as a charity item for our work fundraiser. We took our pictures here in College Station @ Research Park, by the George Bush Library. Its a really pretty park, but you have to watch out for all of the dogs. They like to come and jump in the ponds and play around. I got clobbered by a cute (but big) dog named Hudini. The Meier family was so fun and probably my second easiest photo session ever. Here are a few of the pictures from this session.

Stella

Last weekend while in New Orleans, I also had the pleasure to take Stella's Christmas pictures. Her mommy and daddy are our family friends, so we were sooo excited to hang out with her while she let us take her pictures. She is such a happy child and I have to say was the easiest photo session I have ever had. Sorry Scarlett it took me so long to get these up!

Here is Stella telling me to tickle Scarlett with the flower

This is Stella's little dance after I did tickle Scarlett. She is such a fun child!

Talia's 1 Yr session

This weekend I also took my niece's 1 yr old pictures. We were in City Park, taking pictures of Little Stella, (pics to come soon), so we took Talia's pictures there also.

I love the cake pictures. I told my sister we had to do these, I think before she was even born. So, it was a must! Talia did pretty well with it. She just ate the icing, but she had a good time with it. Look at her cute smile.

Sean's SR. pictures

Here are a few pictures from my nephew Sean's SR. portrait session this wknd. We went to River Town again, in Louisiana. This time, I found a few more locations that I had not spotted before. I love this area! I was really excited when we found this old run-down Ice house.  enjoy!